Understanding Your Right to Due Process

by Martin "Marty" Gitlin

One of our most fundamental rights as citizens of a democracy is our right to due process of law. This principle provides critical protection against arbitrary rule by the government. The text explores the origins of this very old constitutional principle and how its traditional definition has expanded over time. From a basic concern with fairness in criminal procedures (procedural due process), the legal concept expanded to become a key tool for...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144889462X
• ISBN13: 9781448894628
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Rosen Young Adult
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12